You never stop on a dime without brakes. Rear skids are shit unless you’ve got one of those stupid chopper things with a low centre of mass and stupid long heavily raked (real rake, not bicycle terminology rake) forks.
I saw a video on youtube with some courier showing how safe his fully sik emergency stops are, they were shit slow compared to using the front brake.
Conventional bicycles have terrible geometry and weight distribution for braking with the rear. Short wheelbase and high centre of mass (flyweight bike with human perched up high. Even on motorbikes where the CoM is lower, if you wanna stop fast in a straight line you use the front.
not ‘every time you turn’ but yes, looks like there will be a tiny amount of overlap. you wouldn’t turn your wheel that far unless moving slowly, so it’s only ever an issue at low speeds (stopping/starting), or when trackstanding. even then, with a modicum of balance, you can push through the rotation till your pedal stroke clears the wheel, and then continue the turn.
It doesn’t look like toe overlap will be too bad. But it might hit. You’ll only hit when you turn sharply going slow – general riding and you don’t hit. But watch out when trackstanding – not too hard to hit and fall over in the middle of an intersection.
Welcome to the world of track bikes – it’s not all about the lifestyle and the beautiful girls dropping at your nice wheels – you have to take the good with the bad.
I’ve found that under maximum braking the rear contributes only when you stick yourself right behind and under the seat. Only then have I exceeded the grip of the front before fully unweighting the rear, although in slippery conditions and when braking through a corner or on a cambered surface it’s another story. I especially hate locking the front up on motorbikes, it gets exciting pronto. Add a bit of lean and it’s often unrecoverable, but I haven’t had the displeasure of experiencing this on a bicycle.
A conveyance without brakes of some sort is pure genius, everyone notices the skinny jeans and oversized sunglasses more than the brakes (or lack of) anyways.
You are completely wrong there my friend. On motorcycles I’d say it would be ~65:35 front to back overall usage. The front brake is the most effective, giving between 60 & 80% of the bike’s stopping power in hard stops. (also depending upon surface conditions)
because most of the weight of the bike and rider transfers forward onto the front wheel when the brakes are applied, the weight transfer pushes the front wheel into the ground which helps grip.